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[SET]
Iron Defense (Garganacl) @ Leftovers
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Tera Type: Water
Careful Nature
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
- Salt Cure
- Recover
[SET COMMENTS]
With fantastic bulk, Salt Cure, Purifying Salt's status immunity, the combination of Iron Defense and Body Press, and reliable recovery, Garganacl establishes itself as a potent win condition. Iron Defense lets Garganacl boost its Defense to nearly unbreakable levels. Body Press allows Garganacl to threaten the likes of Kingambit, Ting-Lu, and Weavile, and with Iron Defense boosts, Garganacl's Body...
With Choice Specs, Darkrai can boost its already excellent Special Attack and fantastic Speed tier to become a devastating wallbreaker. Sludge Bomb helps to shred Fairy-types like Clefable and Primarina that would switch into Darkrai’s deadly Dark Pulse, as well as common Tera Fairy users like Gholdengo and Garganacl. Focus Blast can tear through...
[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Headlong Rush
move 3: Ice Spinner
move 4: Rapid Spin / Close Combat / Knock Off
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ice / Steel / Ghost
ability: Protosynthesis
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
ivs:
[SET COMMENTS]
Bulk Up Great Tusk is deadly wincon, capable of taking games thanks to its great natural physical bulk, Speed, and power. Headlong Rush provides great power and is not affected by Grassy Terrain, but Earthquake doesn't drop Great Tusk's defenses, which can let it better check physical attackers. Ice Spinner ensures Great Tusk can...
[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Headlong Rush
move 3: Ice Spinner
move 4: Rapid Spin / Close Combat / Knock Off
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ice / Steel / Ghost
ability: Protosynthesis
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
ivs:
[SET COMMENTS]
Bulk Up Great Tusk is deadly wincon, capable of taking games thanks to its great natural physical bulk, Speed, and power. Headlong Rush provides great power and is not affected by Grassy Terrain, but Earthquake doesn't drop Great Tusk's defenses, which can let it better check physical attackers. Ice Spinner ensures Great Tusk can...
[SET COMMENTS]
With the combination of Magic Bounce, good physical bulk, and utility options such as Pain Split to stick around longer, Hatterene provides key entry hazard control while checking important threats like Zamazenta, Great Tusk, and Deoxys-S. Psychic Noise is used to block recovery attempts from walls like Clefable and Garganacl, threaten foes through Substitute like Zamazenta and Iron Moth...
[SET]
Iron Defense (Garganacl) @ Leftovers
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Tera Type: Water
Careful Nature
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
- Salt Cure
- Recover
[SET COMMENTS]
With fantastic bulk, Salt Cure, Purifying Salt's status immunity, the combination of Iron Defense and Body Press, and reliable recovery, Garganacl establishes itself as a potent win condition. Iron Defense lets Garganacl boost its Defense to nearly unbreakable levels. Body Press allows Garganacl to threaten the likes of Kingambit, Ting-Lu, and Weavile, and with Iron Defense boosts, Garganacl's Body...
[SET]
Choice Band (Ogerpon) (F) @ Choice Band
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Grass
Jolly Nature
- Ivy Cudgel
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Low Kick / Rock Tomb
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Ogerpon whacks its way into the OU metagame with its nuclear Ivy Cudgel alongside a welcome Speed boost from Embody Aspect and great coverage options. While it is often left in the shadows of its masked formes, Ogerpon's ability to hold an item as well as outspeed the unboosted metagame after Terastallizing allow it to smash past many of the tier's defensive staples like...
Iron Valiant stands out as a top-tier offensive Pokemon in OU, able to utilize its Speed; high attacking stats; and a wide movepool of setup, coverage, and utility to devastate any Pokemon that might attempt to check it. Its various sets, such as Swords Dance, Calm Mind, mixed, and Choice Specs, have very different counterplay from each other, and thus a well-played Iron Valiant can take out Pokemon such as Zapdos and Galarian Slowking that might want to check its Swords Dance and Calm Mind respectively. With Booster Energy, Iron Valiant becomes an incredible late-game cleaner and...
[SET COMMENTS]
Utility Scizor offers unique role compression in the OU, combining priority, Knock Off, pivoting, and entry hazard removal in one teamslot, as well as being a useful defensive piece. Bullet Punch is a Technician-boosted STAB move that threatens the tier's Fairy- and Ice-types such as Iron Valiant, Enamorus, and Kyurem with heavy damage. It also revenge kills...
[OVERVIEW]
Deoxys-S outruns and outguns all of the opposition with its blazing base 180 Speed stat alongside its colorful coverage, backed by a solid mixed attacking profile that allows it to threaten foes from Kingambit to Pecharunt. Deoxys-S finds value in most matchups thanks to its versatility, whether that be its great utility options or its offensive prowess. Its mixed attacking set allows it to utilize its great coverage to threaten most of the metagame, including otherwise solid checks like Galarian Slowking and Ting-Lu, with Knock Off and Superpower respectively...
[SET COMMENTS]
Utility Scizor offers unique role compression in the OU, combining priority, Knock Off, pivoting, and entry hazard removal in one teamslot, as well as being a useful defensive piece. Bullet Punch is a Technician-boosted STAB move that threatens the tier's Fairy- and Ice-types such as Iron Valiant, Enamorus, and Kyurem with heavy damage. It also revenge kills...
Dragonite stands out as one of the most dominant Pokemon in SV OU, able to wield myriad moves, EV spreads, items, and Tera type options to threaten any team with the right set. Dragon Dance stands out as the main move; it enables the variety of ways Dragonite can sweep and couples with any mix of strong physical attacks and crafty utility moves Dragonite pleases. Extreme Speed blitzes past even the fastest threats in the tier and is often powered up via Tera Normal. Earthquake chunks neutral targets for solid damage and hits Gholdengo, Galarian Slowking, Pecharunt, and Cinderace hard...
With its incredible typing, Intimidate, outstanding power, decent Speed, and access to numerous utility moves, Landorus-T becomes one of OU's premier pivots. It can check a wide variety of threats such as Kingambit, Ceruledge, and Raging Bolt and is still capable of being offensively threatening. Its Speed tier lets it outspeed crucial targets like Pecharunt and Great Tusk and it also provides crucial role compression as a Stealth Rock setter. It can either invest in its bulk compounded by Rocky Helmet and Intimidate to make the most of its defensive profile against the likes of...
[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Zapdos stands out as a very proactive Pokemon that can help gain momentum and chip down important walls for its team while taking on dangerous foes such as Great Tusk and Iron Defense + Body Press Zamazenta. Volt Switch allows Zapdos to get out of difficult matchups safely such as against Galarian Slowking and Raging Bolt. Heat Wave hits Iron Treads for super...